Re: form questions
by "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
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Sat, 08 Jul 2000 15:54:35 GMT |
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>I am having a problem with form field sizes, particularly in Netscape.
>When
>I specify a text field I have tried both size="30" and width="30", but
>Netscape seems to display the boxes as much longer than the character
>limit,
>even when I test it by typing wider characters like "m" into the field.
INPUT SIZE=20 STYLE="width: 100px"
where the SIZE is for Netscape and the STYLE for Explorer. Fiddle around
with them until you get a nice result.
As to font control, you can always put FONT tags around the form fields.
Generally it works even in NN4.
>Also, in a somewhat related question, is there any way to stop Netscape
>from
>making a select box as wide as the widest option?
Nope.
ppk
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